spatter
pronunciation
How to pronounce spatter in British English:
UK [ˈspætə(r)]
How to pronounce spatter in American English:
US [ˈspætɚ]
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- Noun:
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
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- Verb:
- dash a liquid upon or against
- rain gently
- spot, splash, or soil
Word Origin
- spatter (v.)
- 1570s (implied in spattering), possibly a frequentative verb from the stem of Dutch or Low German spatten "to spout, burst," of imitative origin. Related: Spattered. As a noun from 1797.
Example
- 1. Blood spatter doesn 't take up all my time .
- 2. Ok , where did the blood spatter come from ?
- 3. Blood on the keypad , away from the spatter .
- 4. So where 's the spatter you spoke of , detective ?
- 5. Problem with the crime scene is that we didn 't find any spatter .